TE · pick 226, First TE at #226 in the Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, TE grouping. (1997)

TE·pick 226

FIRST TE IN OUR WINDOW AT #226

Pat Fitzgerald

Drafted by BUF , GM John Butler · Texas

1997 · round 7

Common Draft since 1967, rounds 1-7, TE grouping.

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1996, the model gave a tight end at #226 a 8.8% chance in 1997.

Tight end at #226, year by year

Each year's estimate uses only that year's draft and the years before it , no peeking ahead. The line smooths across neighboring picks and seasons so a single oddball draft doesn't dominate. The shaded band is the model's 90% uncertainty range.

Peak: 10.4% · 2027 model: 5.8%

Surrounding picks · 1997 draft

#221LBJon HesseJAX , GM Tom Coughlin
#222SChris BayneATL , GM Harold Richardson
#223WRMike AdamsPIT , GM Tom Donahoe
#224SOmar StoutmireDAL , GM Jerry Jones
#225SByron CapersPHI , GM Tom Modrak
#227CBDeAuntae BrownPHI , GM Tom Modrak
#228TEKris MangumCAR , GM Bill Polian
#229DTJason FergusonNYJ , GM Bill Parcells
#230OGScott RehbergNE , GM Bobby Grier
#231RBJerald SowellGB , GM Ron Wolf

Drafted at this same coordinate later

Nobody else has been drafted as this position at this pick number.

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